Financial Services and Insurance

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $750 million offering of depositary shares representing preferred stock of State Street Corporation, a provider of a broad range of financial products and services to institutional investors worldwide. The transaction closed on February 6, 2025.

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $3 billion registered offering of depositary shares representing preferred stock of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the United States. The transaction closed on February 4, 2025.

On February 3, 2025, Marlin Equity Partners, a leading global investment firm, announced its majority growth investment in Napier Technologies Limited (Napier AI), a London‑based compliance technology firm supplying anti‑money laundering software to a global customer base. Cravath represented an affiliate of Marlin Equity Partners in the committed debt financing in connection with the transaction.

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $2.75 billion registered fixed rate/floating rate senior notes offering of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., one of the largest diversified financial services companies in the United States. The transaction closed on January 29, 2025.

On February 10, 2025, FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, announced the acquisition of LiquidityBook, a leading provider of cloud‑native buy- and sell‑side trading solutions, for a gross purchase price of $246.5 million in cash. Cravath is representing FactSet in connection with the transaction.

On February 10, 2025, Cravath was featured by Law360 as a “Private Equity Practice Group of the Year.” The profile highlighted the Firm’s recent work advising on a number of significant mergers and acquisitions in the private equity space, including its representation of Amentum in its merger with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses, as well as Brookfield Renewable in its and Cameco’s $7.875 billion acquisition of Westinghouse and its $2.8 billion acquisition of Duke Energy Renewables.

On January 29, 2025, Cravath partner Evan Norris participated in the American Conference Institute’s Cybersecurity Law and Compliance conference, which was held from January 29‑30 in Arlington, Virginia. Evan moderated a panel entitled “Lessons Learned from a Cyber Breach,” during which senior in‑house lawyers from leading retail, hospitality and financial services companies discussed their experiences and key lessons learned from handling significant cyber incidents.

Cravath partner and Co‑Head of the Firm’s Private Equity Practice David J. Perkins was the featured guest on the December 5, 2024 episode of The Deal’s “Drinks With The Deal” podcast. In the interview, Dave spoke about his education at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and described the series of decisions and events that led him into corporate law. Dave reflected on his time as a young associate at Cravath, praising the Firm’s rotation system which gave him exposure to the full suite of corporate legal practice, and how during that time he was called up from the U.S. Army Reserve to serve in Afghanistan—a formative experience for his life and career. Dave also discussed his later joining of Cravath’s partnership and his approach to building the Firm’s growing private equity practice.

In November 2024, Cravath partner Evan Norris was featured as a guest on the third episode of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s “Bank Notes” podcast series on banking culture reform. During the conversation, Evan discussed the FIFA corruption investigation, drawing on his experience as a former federal prosecutor, and reflected on lessons for the financial services sector from his work in government and private practice. Evan also addressed the importance of building cultures of strong compliance within large organizations and the ways misconduct can be harnessed as an opportunity for broad-based learning and meaningful improvement.

Cravath partner Jelena McWilliams participated in FinRegLab’s 2024 AI Symposium, which was held on November 21, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The event convened leaders in financial services, technology and public policy to engage with key topics surrounding the risks and opportunities created by AI in the financial services landscape. Jelena moderated a panel entitled “Beyond Innovation for Innovation’s Sake: Building with and For People’s Financial Lives,” in which panelists discussed the potential they see with AI, how to place appropriate safeguards and design around consumer well-being and the challenges policymakers face in guiding the technology.